This webinar will explore the challenges women face in leadership roles within the furniture industry. It will also highlight training tools and initiatives that foster equality and empowerment, with a special focus on how women leaders can drive sustainability and circular economy practices in the sector.
The Circular Finance Coalition has produced a report on the barriers to and opportunities in circular financing. This webinar will share what has been learned and open up dialogue with new stakeholders.
This report addresses the question of whether Flanders, with its limited space, will be able to produce enough biomass in the future to supply the bioeconomy and continue to feed the increasing population.
Four scenarios were used, providing insight into the demand development for biobased raw materials for feed, food, fuel and fibre.
It found that:
An open economy, with international imports/exports of bio-based raw materials, is crucial for a small, densely populated and prosperous region like Flanders.
Long-term collaboration with other regions and countries is a strategic necessity. The energy transition, protein shift and circular transition must be streamlined to run synergistically. This can reduce the pressure on raw bio-materials.
The Product Circularity Data Sheet (PCDS), now recognised as ISO 59040, provides a structured, machine-readable framework that enables manufacturers, suppliers and customers to exchange consistent and verifiable circularity data across value chains.
Sustainable Innovation 2025 will review the evolution and trends related to sustainability, products, services and business models over the last 25 years and look forward to 2050.
It will explore how product design and development has adapted to global challenges like climate change, resource scarcity and shifting consumer expectations by adopting circular economy principles, eco-design and low carbon innovation.
The European Environment Agency (EEA) has just published a report on 'Europe’s environment and climate: knowledge for resilience, prosperity and sustainability'. It is the most comprehensive analysis of the state of play of and outlook for the continent’s environment, climate and sustainability, building on data from across 38 countries.
The EU CERC's annual Policy Implementation Award is geared to national, supra- and sub-national or regional public sector organisations in countries eligible for official development assistance support. It rewards organisations which have a central role in driving the implementation of a circular economy policy initiative at national level. Apply now!
